Czech Republic Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Czech Republic with its capital Prague is located in Europe (Central Europe, between Germany). It covers some 78,867 square kilometres (slightly smaller than South Carolina) with 10,220,000 citizens. Czech and Slovak are the the languages commonly used by the people in Czech Republic. Poland, Germany, Slovakia and Austria are bordering countries.

Czech Republic (or Czechia) is a small landlocked country in Central Europe, situated south-east of Germany. The Czech Republic is not a large country but has a rich and eventful history. Driving in the Czech Republic is not as expensive as it is in other countries. Though Czech Republic is the country where modern beer was invented it is strictly illegal to drive a motor vehicle under the influence of any amount of alcohol. Czech people are very proud of their language, thus outside of the main tourist areas you will not find many signs written in English. Many older people, especially outside the large cities, are also unable to converse in English, so it's a good advice to learn some Czech or Slovak beforehand. The Czech Republic contains an impressive amount of architectural highlights and has beautiful landscapes to see.

Pictures from Capital (Prague)

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About Czech Republic

The landscape features Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains and Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country. The average density of population is about 129 per km². The climate in Czech Republic can be described as temperate with cool summers, cold, cloudy, humid winters. Potential threats by nature are flooding.

To reach someone in Czech Republic dial +420 prior to a number. There are 2,092,000 installed telephones. And there are 14,258,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".cz". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 14 regions/states in Czech Republic we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Czech population shrinked at a rate of -0.11% (or by 10,814 citizens). With 110,076 deaths and 89,367 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.2%. 9,896 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Czech Republic: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.